Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Bull Fighting In Spanish

Bull Fighting In Spanish Detail
Anthropologists and psychologists have also weighed in, attempting to decode the meaning of the corrida de toros, and politicians have used it for their own purposes. For example, General Franco, dictator from 1939 to 1975, promoted it strongly as the fiesta nacional. Following his death, separatist sentiment, especially in Catalonia (Catalunya), has associated the corrida with centralism and repression. Barcelona once had three bullrings, but only one –the Plaza de Toros Monumental—remains active and there is some doubt about its future. See below. (The oldest bullring has been torn down; the other is being transformed into a shopping and leisure complex.)